Skeletons Alive
- Title
- Skeletons Alive
- Rights
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public Domain.
- Creator
- Jose Guadalupe Posada (1851-1913)
- Date
- 1906
- Description
- A poster that has been printed in black ink, using a red-orange background. An inch away from the borders is a thin frame of perpendicular lines and small flowers/plants. A large title takes the top portion of the poster, each of the four words in different font styles. A pair of skeletons are on either side of the title, a man and female based on the suits and dresses they wear, and look to be in the middle of dancing. Below this are a few more pieces of text the are also surrounded by smaller skeleton pictures. One skeleton is sitting while reading a letter, another plays a guitar, and one even rides a bicycle.
- Format
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Poster. Black ink on faded red-orange paper. 15 3/4 × 11 5/8 in. (40 × 29.5 cm)
- Language
- Spanish
- Publisher
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Contributor
- Akira Castillo
- Identifier
- 46.46.287
- Subject
- Dia; De; Los; Muertos; Day; of; the; Dead; Jose; Guadalupe; Posada; Skeletons; Calaveras; Dancing; Stealing; Poster.
- Source
- Jpeg file. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Digital Collection. Accessed October 19th, 2023.
- https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/729654
- Item sets
- Calaveras of Dia De Los Muertos-Akira C.
- Site pages
- Origins of Dia De Los Muertos
- Media
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